Research steering committee
![Bala Venkatesh](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/BalaVenkatesh.jpg)
Bala Venkatesh
Academic Director, Centre for Urban Energy and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University
Network Director
![F Handen Tezel](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/HandenTezel.jpg)
F. Handan Tezel
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa
![Liuchen Chang](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/Liuchenchang.jpg)
Liuchen Chang
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick
Theme 2 Leader
![Claudio Canizares](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/Claudio-Canizares.jpg)
Claudio Cañizares
Associate Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
![Miguel Anjos](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/Miguel-Anjos.jpg)
Miguel Anjos
Professor and Chair of Operational Research at University of Edinburgh, INRIA International Chair
Jennifer MacInnis
Senior Legal Counsel and Senior Director, Applied Research and Commercialization, Ryerson University
Commercialization Leader
![Ian Rowlands](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/Ian-Rowlands.jpg)
Ian Rowlands
Professor and Associate Vice President, International, University of Waterloo
Internationalization Leader
![Chris Jones](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/Chris-Jones.jpg)
Christopher Jones
Senior Lecturer, Social and Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey
Nelson Martins
Assistant to Director General and Research Consultant on Power System Analysis, Electrical Energy Research Center
![](/content/dam/cue/about/bios/pratap-revuru.jpg)
Pratap Revuru
Director, Microgrid Solutions and Strategic Partnerships, Schneider Electric
![Adam Tuck](/content/dam/nestnet/assets/Adam-Tuck.jpg)
Adam Tuck
Program Leader, Energy Storage for Grid Security and Modernization, National Research Council Canada
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Karen Ho-Cespedes
Network Manager
Non-voting